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Townsend board OKs cable-access contract extension

TOWNSEND - Selectmen voted 2-0 to approve a one-year extension of the town's contract with Radio Engineering Associates (REA) for delivery and maintenance of government cable television access.

Effective July 1, the new agreement requires REA to "perform all work and furnish all services necessary to provide the town with maintenance and operation for government access television and related services."

The contract also calls for the town to compensate the contractor in the sum of $12,000 for the year which, in turn, will be responsible for insuring its employees and providing for property damage.

Under the agreement, REAis contracted to provide "day-to-day operation of the existing governmental access television channel 9," recording of other programs as needed, ensure broadcast scheduling and staffing, updating the community bulletin board, setting up recording and sound system for town meetings, maintenance of equipment, help public access coordinator at the local cable television station, and work with town officials in their relations with cable provider Comcast.

Selectmen also voted to approve a new two-year contract with the town's telecommunications union effective through June 30, 2016.

Under the new contract, dispatchers and other telecommunications personnel will work in shifts of three on and four off with 13.

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3-hour daily work schedules making for three days of work and four days off.

Hours of work will be from 6:20 a.m. to 7:40 p.m. and 6:20 p.m. to 7:40 a.m. daily.

Shifts working the front desk will be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.

Employees will continue to be able to earn vacation, personal, sick, and bereavement time and if a holiday falls within vacation or personal time taken, workers will be compensated for eight hours pay.

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